Announcements

Overview

Time Portal's Announcements feature can be used to display a banner near the top of the screen for all Users and/or Employees. Announcements can be used to disseminate reminders and other important business related information.   As illustrated below, the announcement title is displayed and a "dropdown" button is available to expand the details.  The "X" button will dismiss the announcement.

An announcement directed to "Users" will appear in the Time Portal Web Application as illustrated below.

An announcement directed to "Employees" will appear in the Employee Portal as illustrated below.

Getting Started

Announcements can be managed by selecting "Announcements" from the List menu as illustrated.

Once selected, the Announcements List displays a list of active and inactive announcements.  As illustrated below, the list identifies the active/inactive status, the date each announcement was created, whether it expires on a particular date and also if it is targeted to Employees and/or Web Application Users.

Creating an Announcement

A new announcement can be created from the Announcements List Screen by clicking the "Create" button.  As illustrated below, the Create Announcement Screen provides fields for a Title (which is always displayed) and a Body (which is displayed when the user/employee taps the drop-down icon. 

As you fill out the fields on the Announcement Page, the Preview Panel at the top of the page will update to illustrate what the announcement will look like to the user or employee.

• Notice the "Translate" button, which will translate the Title and Body to Spanish.  
  
  
• Other options include a Status switch and an optional Expiration Date which can both be used to disable the announcement. 
  
  
• The "Employee Announcement" switch determines whether the announcement will be visible to Employees when they log into the Employee Portal.  The "User Announcement" switch determines whether the announcement will be visible to users of the Web Application.

Click the "Save" button to save the Announcement.

The Announcement Details Screen

Once an announcement has been created, you can modify it or get usage information by loading its Announcement Details.  Just click on the desired Announcement record in the Announcements List to load the Announcement Details Screen.

As illustrated, the screen provides a preview of the announcement as well as information to let you know how many people have acknowledged the announcement by clicking the "X" to dismiss it.

To change the Announcement, simply click the Edit button, make changes and then click "Save".

Notice the Responses section at the bottom of the page.  This is a list that includes active employees and users as well as the date on which they responded/acknowledged the announcement.  Since you can sort and filter this list, you can quickly determine which people have acknowledged the Announcement.